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Obama to call for new tax increases in State of the Union address

Maybe you weren't paying attention. Its hundreds of billions annually. $8.5 trillion was disappeared by the felons running the DOD between 1996-2012. The Senate Armed Services committee was in Republican hands for 10 of those years and they are in control of that committee now. What excuse will you use for their failure this time?

Don't know when the elections were in your area but the Republicans took control of the Senate the first of this month and unless Tom Daschle was a Republican they had control of the Senate in 2001-2003 so it looks to me out of the 18 years that you claim this has been going on half of the time Democrats were in control of the Senate

1 Majority and Minority Leaders, includes complete list

So I guess the excuse I would make is to point out that once again you have no idea what you are talking about
 
Don't know when the elections were in your area but the Republicans took control of the Senate the first of this month and unless Tom Daschle was a Republican they had control of the Senate in 2001-2003 so it looks to me out of the 18 years that you claim this has been going on half of the time Democrats were in control of the Senate

1 Majority and Minority Leaders, includes complete list

So I guess the excuse I would make is to point out that once again you have no idea what you are talking about


I guess you don't know much about committees. The committee was chaired by Strom Thurmond (Republican) between 1995-1999, John Warner (Republican) between 1999-2001 and again between 2003-2007. Don't try to absolve the Republicans of their responsibility for allowing this to happen. Republicans were in control of that committee for 10 of the years covered by the timeframe I noted (1996-2012). John McCain is the chairman now so I'll be interested in how you try to justify inaction moving forward. And by the way, this isn't a "claim"; its a widely publicized fact. Like I said, I don't believe anyone, Republican or Democrat, has the spine to address this problem and prosecute the felons responsible...even the world's most famous POW.

at least defense is a legitimate government function. most of the income redistribution programs are essentially unconstitutional

Um, that isn't defense. It is stealing trillions in tax payer dollars over a period of 16 years and falsifying financial records in an effort to hide it. People in the private sector do hard time in federal prison for that.
 
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I guess you don't know much about committees. The committee was chaired by Strom Thurmond (Republican) between 1995-1999, John Warner (Republican) between 1999-2001 and again between 2003-2007. Don't try to absolve the Republicans of their responsibility for allowing this to happen. Republicans were in control of that committee for 10 of the years covered by the timeframe I noted (1996-2012). John McCain is the chairman now so I'll be interested in how you try to justify inaction moving forward. And by the way, this isn't a "claim"; its a widely publicized fact. Like I said, I don't believe anyone, Republican or Democrat, has the spine to address this problem and prosecute the felons responsible...even the world's most famous POW.



Um, that isn't defense. It is stealing trillions in tax payer dollars over a period of 16 years and falsifying financial records in an effort to hide it. People in the private sector do hard time in federal prison for that.

I don't absolve anyone from responsibility including Republicans but again you are diverting from the reality that Obama has been in charge for 6 years, proposed a 3.9 trillion dollar budget of which 800 billion is for the military. Doesn't seem to be a priority for him either
 
Nope. Borrowing is not an issue.

Then why ask for more tax revenue? He would be more popular with taxpayers if he didn't.
 
Then why ask for more tax revenue? He would be more popular with taxpayers if he didn't.

I have no clue, except to assume that he is pandering to the crowd that is worried about income disparity. But in all fairness, not only did he propose more capital gains tax revenue on the rich, he also proposed tax cuts for the middle class - Fox News accidently forgot to include that in their headlines.

I suspect he is also looking for bargaining chips, to get whatever it is he really wants.
 
Apparently the anti-obama people think they can balance the budget, expand the military, and pay off the debt without raising taxes. Good luck with that. You have two years before you lose a chamber again.
 
Apparently the anti-obama people think they can balance the budget, expand the military, and pay off the debt without raising taxes. Good luck with that. You have two years before you lose a chamber again.

All they have to do is to eliminate the dept of education. Don't you know that?

Or maybe it was social security and medicare, I can't remember.
 
Apparently the anti-obama people think they can balance the budget, expand the military, and pay off the debt without raising taxes. Good luck with that. You have two years before you lose a chamber again.

And the pro Obama group thinks you can grow the private sector economy by taking income out of the hands of the people who earned it. Brilliant liberal economic strategy and total ignorance.
 
All they have to do is to eliminate the dept of education. Don't you know that?

Or maybe it was social security and medicare, I can't remember.

Do they have an education system in your state that taught you about our Founders and the role of the Federal Govt? Why don't we just eliminate all the states, send all the money to DC and let the politicians there send it wherever they want and spend it on whatever?
 
All they have to do is to eliminate the dept of education. Don't you know that?

Or maybe it was social security and medicare, I can't remember.

Well, Obama eliminated the White House tours and they just about had a stroke, so I would think something like social security going would drive folks right over the edge. No worries though--We have a plan to rename the department of education the department of home-schoolin' that ways they will have to fund it because people with no education are easily tricked that away.
 
And the pro Obama group thinks you can grow the private sector economy by taking income out of the hands of the people who earned it. Brilliant liberal economic strategy and total ignorance.

Perhaps but those of us who do not want to "grow the economy" but to manage its natural contraction in the face of changing demographics want to take all your money and spend it on drop boxes for kids to steal your guns and deposit them into, and other such brilliant plans.
 
Do they have an education system in your state that taught you about our Founders and the role of the Federal Govt?

Yes.

Why don't we just eliminate all the states, send all the money to DC and let the politicians there send it wherever they want and spend it on whatever?

I think that would be a good idea, I prefer that we be one nation, rather than 50 individual states, but I'm surprised you would suggest such.
 
Yes.



I think that would be a good idea, I prefer that we be one nation, rather than 50 individual states, but I'm surprised you would suggest such.


Just giving you something I know you can support because we all know one size fits all in your world as the cost of living in SC is exactly the same as it is in NY and we know politicians in DC know what is best for you and your state
 
Perhaps but those of us who do not want to "grow the economy" but to manage its natural contraction in the face of changing demographics want to take all your money and spend it on drop boxes for kids to steal your guns and deposit them into, and other such brilliant plans.

Yep, that sounds like exactly what liberals want
 
Yep, that sounds like exactly what liberals want

Then they can come over to our progressive tent: we have lots of room, and metal detectors at the door to confiscate your guns and any pocket change we missed.
 
Just giving you something I know you can support because we all know one size fits all in your world as the cost of living in SC is exactly the same as it is in NY and we know politicians in DC know what is best for you and your state

You are welcome to move to any state you chose, if the cost of living in TX is too much. If we were 50 separate little nations, that might not be the case.
 
I thought the GOP hated all taxes

House Republicans Pass Secret Tax Increase On Small Business In Abortion Funding Ban Bill

“The bill would do a number of things — including block federal funds for abortion for women who are in the military, who live in Washington, D.C., and who are poor — but one aspect of the legislation that hasn’t received much attention is the fact that it would raise taxes on the vast majority of small businesses. Under the SHOP exchange, a part of the Affordable Care Act, small businesses receive a tax credit if they include abortion care in their plans. Roughly 87 percent of private plans include abortion services as part of comprehensive coverage, meaning the bulk of small businesses would be hit with a tax hike if the bill, called the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, were to become law.”

The GOP leadership dropped the bill from consideration owing to objections within the party
 
You are welcome to move to any state you chose, if the cost of living in TX is too much. If we were 50 separate little nations, that might not be the case.

Yeah, but that is irrelevant in your vision of a one size fits all. I don't understand people who don't understand different state cost of living and why a one size fits all program will never work costing way too much and filled with waste, fraud, and abuse
 
I thought the GOP hated all taxes



The GOP leadership dropped the bill from consideration owing to objections within the party

What is really sad to me is how many people whose mother chose to not abort their child are now supporting another's right to do so. Too bad those other people who chose to abort their child weren't around when these screwballs were conceived.
 
Yeah, but that is irrelevant in your vision of a one size fits all. I don't understand people who don't understand different state cost of living and why a one size fits all program will never work costing way too much and filled with waste, fraud, and abuse

I don't understand why regional differences in the cost of living matters. It's not like that's strictly state by state, it's often different within different parts of the same town. The cost of living in Manhattan is higher than in the Bronx. Who cares. If you don't like the cost of living in your area, then you are free to move.
 
I don't understand why regional differences in the cost of living matters. It's not like that's strictly state by state, it's often different within different parts of the same town. The cost of living in Manhattan is higher than in the Bronx. Who cares. If you don't like the cost of living in your area, then you are free to move.

What matters are results and the liberal results are a disaster so that arrogant ass that many liberals support is doubling down in those results. Regional cost of living matters because there is efficient use of money at the state and local level, not the federal level. Until Washington spending affects you, you are going to continue to support liberal economic policies.
 
What is really sad to me is how many people whose mother chose to not abort their child are now supporting another's right to do so. Too bad those other people who chose to abort their child weren't around when these screwballs were conceived.

That's why it is called "freedom of choice", unlike the radicals who rant about how Obama is oppressing people (white Christians) because they are the ones who support 'real' freedom but for some reason those same True Americans apparently have little problem taking away other peoples freedoms.
 
What matters are results and the liberal results are a disaster so that arrogant ass that many liberals support is doubling down in those results. Regional cost of living matters because there is efficient use of money at the state and local level, not the federal level. Until Washington spending affects you, you are going to continue to support liberal economic policies.

Do you have any evidence to support this?
 
That's why it is called "freedom of choice", unlike the radicals who rant about how Obama is oppressing people (white Christians) because they are the ones who support 'real' freedom but for some reason those same True Americans apparently have little problem taking away other peoples freedoms.

Right, in the real world or should I say the socialist world people are never responsible for poor choices made and it is always someone else's responsibility to pay for it. What is amazing is that socialists are about as incompetent as liberals they just don't realize it yet
 
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